Be Part of a Citizen Science
Investigation of Glyphosate!

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide
Roundup, is the most commonly used weed killer in the world.
Among its many uses, it is sprayed onto genetically modified
(GM) crops, including most GM corn and soy. In addition to GM crops, glyphosateis applied as a drying agent to the majority of non-GM grains
grown in the U.S., including wheat and oats. Inthe U.S., nearly 2 million tons of it have been applied to
our crops; globally, nearly 9.5 million tons.

Glyphosate is found in these crops at harvest and accounts for
the vast majority of our exposure to it.

Scientific
studies have raised significant questions regarding glyphosate's
potential relationship with a number of human illnesses.

In March 2015 the World Health Organization’s (WHO) listed glyphosate
as “probably carcinogenic." In July 2017, the state of California
added glyphosate to its list of chemicals and substances known to
cause cancer.

Citizen Science Map

See our developing Citizen Science map of glyphosate levels around
the US. As more and more of you have your glyphosate levels
determined, your data will further populate the map and you will be
able to compare your results against the ever increasingly accurate
normative population database.

Test Yourself

We believe that everyone should know
their glyphosate level and make appropriate changes in their diet if needed. Our exposure to glyphosate can be easily
determined by measuring its excretion level in a urine sample.TEST YOURSELF

We Need Your Help!

Contribute specimens directly to our Citizen
Science Database! Select the glyphosate test kit you
would like from the list of options* **.

Your kit will be sent via mail 2-3 days after payment.

Once your sample is received, you will receive your results
within 3 weeks, which will include your own urine excretion
levels of glyphosate and its primary metabolite
aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA).

Along with providing the sample, we will ask you a few
questions to aid our research efforts into the health-effects of
chronic glyphosate exposure.

As our database grows, you will be able to compare your
results against an ever increasingly accurate normative
population database.

Make a financial contribution of any size to aid
our work to examine whether rising glyphosate levels are associated
with adverse health effects over time. There has been little federal
funding available to conduct this vital line of research.
Crowdfunding allows our work to be conducted and to be truly
independent. Donate here.

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Our Research Objectives

Our research program is dedicated to providing answers to vital
questions regarding chronic glyphosate exposure and human health. In
our initial research, as shown in the figure below, we demonstrated
that the substantial increase in
glyphosate use on our food supply over the past 23 years has
been associated with a parallel significant increase in glyphosate
excretion in urine, an indicator of exposure to glyphosate.

See publication: Excretion of the Herbicide Glyphosate in Older
Adults from 1993-2016. Research Letter. Journal of the American
Medical Association vol 318(16):1610-1611, 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067413

These data were obtained by measuring glyphosate in 5 different urine samples repeatedly
obtainedfrom 50 US adults in the San Diego region
between 1993 and 2016.

In the 2014-2016 sampling, approximately 70% of adults had
detectable levels of glyphosate in their urine, a roughly 7-fold
increase over the 23 year period. In the 2014-2016 sampling the group glyphosate level0.449 μg/L, with levels in some individuals
reaching as high as2.66 μg/L.

Animal and human studies suggest
that chronic exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides can induce
adverse health outcomes (see "Additional Reading" section
at the bottom of this page).

Test Yourself

We believe that everyone should know their glyphosate level
and make appropriate changes in their diet if needed. TEST
YOURSELF.

Next Steps

Despite concerns that our chronic exposure to glyphosate may be
associated with adverse health outcomes, there is little human
research on this topic.

As such, our next research steps are to provide this vitally
needed information. With your help, we will:

Develop a large national citizen science database of
glyphosate exposure and link that exposure to lifestyle
information and health outcomes.

Continue to examine 23-year longitudinal exposure to
glyphosate and clinically-relevant health outcomes in our San
Diego cohort. We will do this by examining detailed health
and illness records from a large population sample (the Rancho Bernardo Study)
for which we have documented rising glyphosate levels.

About Us

This research is being conducted at the Center of Excellence for
Research and Training in Integrative Health in
the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health at
the University of California San Diego. UC San
Diego is one of the top-ranked public research universities in the
nation. UC San Diego School of Medicine faculty rank #1 in the nation
in federal research funding per faculty member. The Department of
Family Medicine and Public Health is ranked #1 in the nation among
Family Medicine departments. UC San Diego ranks 4th in the world in
terms of 'citation impact' in science, with world wide notable
faculty. For this project, we are working with an independent
national analytical chemistry laboratory.

Existing Scientific Literature on Glyphosate

There are currently ~2500 scientific articles on glyphosate. Despite
this large number of publications and significant lingering questions,
there are few studies directly examining the effects of chronic
glyphosate exposure on human health. Our research program is directly
examining this significant gap in the scientific literature.

Disclaimer

* Glyphosate levels in urine provide a valid assessment of exposure
to glyphosate. They are not, however, used for diagnosis, prevention,
or treatment of disease.

** At present we can only run samples for the US and Canada. In
addition, we cannot currently test samples from New York because the
state has a lengthy approval process for direct-to-consumer (DCT)
testing. We hope to be expand our available testing sites in the near future.

Canadian Residents

HRI Labs requires you to provide return postage. Click here
for simple steps to ship samples to the U.S.

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